Thursday, July 30, 2015. As of today, I have now been back in Indiana for 3 weeks. Maggie did a fantastic job presenting and I also got to hang out with Orsi before she headed home to Hungary. Me, Orsi, and Maggie.

This is a blog about the process and times, good and bad, of being a foreign exchange student in Turkey. The blog starts when I am beginning the process of applying, and goes through every hurdle, every breakthrough, and all of the uplifting moments that happen along the way. Thank you for reading! Sunday, June 14, 2015.

Not a year within a lifetime, but a lifetime within a year. Above are some of the places that we visited during the week. We went to the World Cup stadium that is in Brasilia, and here is my failure at trying to take a picture with an American flag. Here is a picture of all of the exchange students in my district. For some strange reason, we are all holding an American flag instead of a Brazilian flag. We took a picture with Papai Noel at the mall! My siblings, cousins, and I.